Professor Dr. Berenike Maier

Current affiliations

  • Center for Nonlinear Science

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Biophysik

Academic Education

05/1998 - 03/2001PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), TU Munich
1998 - 1999DAAD Fellow with Dr. David Bensimon, ENS Paris, France
1992 - 1998University Degree (Diplom) in Physics, TU Munich

Work Experience

since 10/2004Professor of Biology, WWU
03/2004 - 09/2004Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader, CeNS LMU Munich
06/2001 - 02/2004Emmy Noether Postdoc Fellowship with Prof. Michael Sheetz, Columbia University, New York, USA

Functions and Memberships

since 2008Co-Editor at BioInterPhases
since 01/2006Adjunct Professor of Physics, WWU

Appointments

10/2009Offer to a Professorship for Physik (W3) , University of Cologne

Publications

Holz C, Opitz D, Greune L, Kurre R, Koomey M, Schmidt MA, Maier B (2010)
In: Physical Review Letters, 104(17)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Stingl K, Mueller S, Scheidgen-Kleyboldt G, Clausen M, Maier B (2010)
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(3)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Horner F, Woerdemann M, Muller S, Maier B, Denz C (2010)
In: Journal of Biophotonics, 3(7)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Holz C, Opitz D, Greune L, Kurre R, Koomey M, Schmidt MA, Maier B (2010)
In: Physical Review Letters, 104(17)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Holz C., Opitz D., Mehlich J., Ravoo B.J., Maier B. (2009)
In: Nano Letters, 9(12)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

Duration: 06/06/2008 - 31/05/2012 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/10/2006 - 30/09/2016 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Research Training Group
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 23/09/2005 - 31/12/2011 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster

Doctorates

Real-time analysis of competence development in Bacillus subtilis
Candidate: Karlshofer, Alexander | Supervisors: Maier, Berenike; Bähler, Martin; Schmidt, Alexander
Period of time: 10/04/2007 - 20/07/2012
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Mechanisms of Fine-tuning in Type IV Pilus Dynamics
Candidate: Kurre, Rainer | Supervisors: Maier, Berenike; Schmidt, Alexander; Denz, Cornelia
Period of time: 26/02/2009 - 25/05/2012
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Mechanical forces during the infection of human epithelial cells with Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Candidate: Opitz, Dirk | Supervisors: Maier, Berenike; Oberleithner, Hans; Bähler, Martin
Period of time: 21/07/2006 - 14/03/2011
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Molekulare Mechanismen der Permeabilisierung von Endothelzellbarrieren durch Pertussis Toxin
Candidate: Seidel, Gabriela | Supervisors: Schmidt, M. Alexander; Bähler, Martin; Maier, Berenike
Period of time: 05/10/2007 - 10/12/2010
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Zielstrukturen der gastrointestinalen Barriere für Gram-positive probiotische Bakterien
Candidate: Hummel, Stephanie | Supervisors: Schmidt, M. Alexander; Dobrindt, Ulrich; Maier, Berenike
Period of time: 25/02/2008 - 08/12/2010
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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